Brazilian cosplayer Andressa, ‘Lilithy’, of LilithyCosplay.com. (the site is in Portuguese, here is an English translated link) Lilithy has been cosplaying since 2004 and boy are her cosplays great! She’s cosplayed characters such as Ashlotte (Soul Calibur IV), Hades (Saint Seiya), and Gyoda (Changeman). However Lilithy also writes tutorials for Cosplay accessories and has made a couple of ‘How I made my cosplay‘s (including her Gyoda cosplay). She also writes tutorials in a group cosplay site calledCosplayers.netWe find these two sites incredibly helpful for completing our own cosplays and figured why not share them.

Being an awesome costume maker is one thing. Being an awesome prop maker is another. Hailing from Japan, cosplayer Ryo, shows off his costumes and props on his website. He makes them for a living and he does a pretty good job. Interestingly, he also shows you how to make them with step by step instructions. Besides general costumes, some of the items he shows you how to make range from simple knives to highly detailed Monster Hunter swords. He also makes full suits of armor and even vulcan cannons. All of the items are light weight props of course, made for the purpose of cosplay.